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• Waxing Poetic – A Column by Lee Waldman

  22 May 11 • 0 comment

  

  This week, Masters racer and Cyclocross Magazine columnist Lee Waldman takes some time to take off the helmet and put on the philosopher’s hat – but not for long. If you missed it, be sure to check out Lee’s previous column on Masters Worlds. First the disclaimer:  This column includes a fair amount of philosophizing.  So [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of May 20th, 2011

  20 May 11 • 0 comment

  It’s time to really start thinking about ’cross season, maybe even starting to glue up some tires if you haven’t already. Now that it’s that time of the year again, heading out and pinning, or zip-tying, numbers up is probably a good idea. The Pro racers have that in mind too as they’re out getting the race miles in to prepare for a strong ’cross season.

  This week, the Tour of California is being absolutely dominated by ’cross riders, with Jamey Driscoll, Jesse Anthony, Jeremy Powers, Lars Boom and Ben Jacques-Maynes all making appearances at the front of the race. [See some of our race coverage of Stage 2, Stage 3 and Stage 4.] Sven Nys is on his way to his second Olympic games after a second place finish to Julien Absalon. John Gadret came oh-so-close last week to a stage win at the Giro, but clearly that wasn’t good enough for the Frenchmen, as he sealed the deal this week with a Stage 11 win. Is Kaitlin Antonneau making a switch to the mountain bike? Rumors are brewing that the USGP may make a stop in Bend, OR. This week’s Working Man’s Edition takes another look at Justin Lindine as he heads to Canada for the Coupe de Quebeque and Spencer Paxson as he crosses the pond for the Dalby Forest World Cup.

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings Week of May 13th, 2011

  13 May 11 • 1 comment

  by Kat Statman As the weather slowly turns warmer, putting on more miles becomes less of a chore. Preparing for the hard months of cold and wet racing ahead in the fall becomes easier, and many of us are falling back in love with bikes and bike racing. It also means that now is the [...]

• Bike Commute to a Winning Cyclocross Season

  12 May 11 • 1 comment

  

  With much of the country celebrating Bike to Work Month, Week or Day (today in the Bay Area), and (some of) the country finally getting spring-like weather, it’s a great time  to think about building your base for cyclocross season.  We’ve got you covered with great off-season training tips in Cyclocross Magazine Issue 12 (mailing [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of May 6th, 2011

  6 May 11 • 0 comment

  

  by Kat Statman Some weeks the ’cross season seems closer and closer, and others it just seems farther away. I’m not sure where this week stands, maybe it’s farther away, but only because there’s a lot of road and mountain bike racing news coming down the wire. So where did the top ’crossers pop up [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of April 29th, 2011

  29 April 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman The Ardennes Classics are over. The weather is getting warm. Big road races are moving away from one day 260-300 km epics to seven-plus-day stage races. The skinny climbers are coming out to play. That must mean we are getting closer and closer to ’cross season, only a four short months away. [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumbling Week of April 22, 2011

  22 April 11 • 2 comments

  by Kat Statman Yes, it’s still the off-season. How do we know that? Well, if you look at many cycling publications the front page headlines are all concerned with the Ardennes Classics, Andy Schleck’s Trek Madone and the fact that Ivan Basso is not racing the Giro d’Italia. Even though road racing has some similarities [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of April 15th, 2011

  15 April 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman Week in, week out, there’s racing to be had around the world where we can catch up on what ’crossers do in their spare time. So here it is this week. Marianne Vos continues to show that she is the best of the best. Lars Boom puts his stamp on Paris-Roubaix, will he [...]

• This Week, On Tap: Sea Otter Classic, Reviews, National Champions

  12 April 11 • 0 comment

  We’ve got a big week of exclusive content on top for this week, starting tomorrow.  Here’s what’s in store: In terms of tech, we’ve got a lot planned for this week, including a comprehensive look at the new cyclocross product at Sea Otter, starting Thursday (see last year’s new cyclocross product from Sea Otter), some [...]

• Cyclocross, the 1985 Paris Roubaix, and Greg LeMond

  10 April 11 • 1 comment

  

  To celebrate today’s cobbled Paris Roubaix classic, a favorite skinny tire race of cyclocross fans, we’re taking a look back at the 1985 edition. In the 70′s through early 90′s, Paris Roubaix was often contested by racers who had impressive pedigrees in cyclocross. From former Cyclocross World Champion, “Mr. Paris Roubaix” Roger De Vlaeminck’s first [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of April 8th, 2011

  8 April 11 • 2 comments

  by Kat Statman It’s the thick of classics season and all we can think about is the smell of embrocation, rain soaked fields, 32 millimeter tubulars and practicing our dismounts and remounts. But we still have a few months before we start pedaling a bit harder and really preparing for the weekly battles. Until then, [...]

• Cyclocross Magazine is Hiring

  5 April 11 • 0 comment

  

  We’re always looking for a few passionate cyclocross participants and fans who have special skills and talents to join the Cyclocross Magazine pit crew and help grow our presence and operations, and currently have a few specific openings in editing/publishing, marketing, web development and sales. (Yeah, that’s nearly every area – we’re trying to ramp [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of April 1st, 2011

  1 April 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman Sometimes it’s really hard to remember that we live and die for cyclocross, especially during the spring classics season, but Greg Keller and Molly Cameron do a pretty good job of reminding us on twitter. As we all start buying up our tubulars and thinking about what bikes and wheelsets we are [...]

• Major Publisher Invests in Cyclocross Magazine

  1 April 11 • 5 comments

  

  The cyclocross space has been hot recently with investor activity, after the recent buyout of CrossResults.com and now a large, Pennsylvania-based publisher investing in Cyclocross Magazine. After featuring cyclocross in a photoshoot in Men’s Health magazine, and showcasing the sport in several issues of Bicycling, the publisher has seen the value and growth in cyclocross. [...]

• Is There an Etiquette in Cyclocross Racing?

  28 March 11 • 6 comments

  

  Many road racers turn to cyclocross because it has less emphasis on etiquette and teamwork, isn’t pack-focused and is very welcoming to all abilities. Yet many hardcore cyclocrossers still maintain there is an etiquette racers should follow. Is there an etiquette in cyclocross? If so, what makes proper etiquette in your mind, beyond yielding to [...]